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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
A Strange Fact.
A strange Fact
THE BLONDE Is DISAPPEARING AND WILL BE TX
TINCT SOON.

THE BLONDE Is DIsAPPRARINa AND WILL BE TX
TNCr SOON.
From the Toronto Truth.
highly interesting question Is being agftated
In Europe. II has been asserted that there has
been q gradual decrease OF blondes in Germany.
Almost Il, OOo,O 900 school children were examined
In Germany, Austria, and Belgium, and the result
showed that Switzerland has only lilo, Austria
1876, and Germany 31.s0 per cent OF pure blondes.
Thus the country. which since the days OF ancient
Rome has been prover5ialy known as the home OF
yellow hair, has to-day only 32 pure blondes in
100 while the average OF pure brunettes Is Ia per
cent. The So per cent OF The mixed type are said
to be undergoing transformation into pure bru-
nettes. DIR. Beddoe, In England, has collected a
number OF statistics which seem TO point In the
same direction Among 726 women he ex-
amined he found 800 brunettes and 49,
blondes OF the brunettes he found
that AZ per cent were married while OF the blondes
only % per cent were married. Thus IL would
seem that the brunette has ten chances OF getting
married In England to O blondes nine In France
q similar view has been put forth by NJ. Adolph de
COndOlle. n. de Condolle found that when both
parents have eyes OF the same color Is per cent
Inherit this color. But ft is q curious fact that
more females than males have black or brown
eyes TO the proportion OF forty-ve 70 foty-three.
IL seems that with diderent-colored eyes in the
two parents IS per cent follow the father IN being
DARK eyed, and 50 per cent follow the mother 10
being dark eyed. An increase OF per cent Of dark
eyes In each generation must tell In the couEse OF
t{rne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17

crOhi Tue DetfOt r rec fTesS.
1t was an ex-COnfederate soldier at Shef1eld,
Ala, who was giving some Of his experiences at
the battle OF Fort Donelson- He was an oflcer and
had young cOlored man for his cook. When the
C0nfederates, Or the great bulk Of them, decided
after hot hight to withdraw from the fort, the
captain looked around for his servant, but the
negro was nowhere to be seen. The 0fficer mounted
log and called out In loud tones for his servant,
and pretty soon was answered, but in such faint
tones that he could not for awhile locate the cook
Caesar nnally made 1t plain that he was In the log
under the ofiicer's feet and was ordered to come
out.
"Can't do 1t IN he shouted In reply.
"But you must. The night is over"
But caRt-dars TO white men in dis log be-
hind mel
And when the of6cer investigated he found that
such was the fact. They crawfished out, one after
another, each having an excuse to urge and finally
the darkey appeared The officer was about TO
open upon him, but Cesar protested:
"Doan say one word Dis ar dc fust time cher
got ahead Of a white man. an It's gw1ne to be de
VERY last! DE mex fout we hev lie gwine TO let
de white man hev de hull log to hisself an I'll look
fur q hole In de grOund!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
The M0derm Child.
From the Womsn's World.

CkN1u VIC VOiu8Q6 world
Are not children nowadays proverbtally Sp0ilt,
and Is not the innocent loving child content with
the simplest OF pleasures and only anxious to share
them with Others, somewhat exceptional? some
young folks are scarcely emesged from nursery
precincts before we learn that they are lawfully
D0red" and 1lnd things very "dulL" Far from con-
Centing themselves with home amusenents, they
require 10 be taken from place to place in search OF
entertainment, a somewhat hopeless task where
tastes are very fastidious. These blase individ-
uals IN short petticoats or oftener In Elton jack
ets are intensely selfish They have lost the halo
winch IN oiden times used TO be thrown around
persons and things In youthful days They have
Ilttle respect for parents contribute nothing to-
ward the happiness OF home, and give no promise
OF turning out useful members Of society when
MANHOOD or womanh0Od is reached.
Iney are not, perhaps, to be greatly blamed for
unconscfo1sly parents, teachers servants have all
combined TO make these young persons-misnamed
chiidren-imagine that their food, their clothing,
their education ana their amusements are the OBJ
Jects or the greatest impOr In the whole uni
verse, and 1t Is possible that one has ever tried
TO impress upon them the necessity OF showing q
Que regard for the welfare Of others. Mercffuily,
what errfng mOrtals mar q beneficent Providence
moulds. Thus IT may often come to pass that the
discipline OF fe its trials and crosses transform
the spoflt child into the devoted man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
A Tax ON Old Bachelors.

Tax ON Old bSaChelOrSs
CURIOUS CUSTOMS OF THE ANCiENTs-A QUEER LAW
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Prem the Chicago News
Spartan law forbade marriage until men and
women arrived at their full strength, and there
was an Athcnan regulation that men should not
marry until they were thirty-fiye. The Athenians
at the same time favored married men, giving hem
the preference when vacancies occurred In official
life. The Romans did the same They would help
hurried man SO far that II he had not reached
the age limit assigned for position as many OF the
years were dispensed with as he had children.
These favurs did not altogether succeed as mar
riage bait The young men OF the empire had at
one lime. in fact to be forced well bribed into
marriage, the censors going so Ear as to Insist on
all the bachelors pledging themselves on oath to
marry within given time. Penalties were, In ad-
ditiOn, laid cel1bacy, and these and other dsa-
blltties on the single men were not removed until
the time OF Constantine.
Taxes on bachelors have been imposed by many
nations, including our own; but no more remark
able law On the subject was ever passed than by
the local authorities OF Eastman In Massachusetts
IN 1885. In that year these funcjtOnarieS passed a
law 10 the effect that every unmarried man in the
township should kill six 0larkbirtls three crows
yearly White he remained single, and that as O pen
atty for disO5eying the Oruer, he should not get
married, and no one should marry hin, until he
had the number OF birds he was In arrear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
Concernsng Twins.

rom Cornhill
Mr.. Gallon has shown that many twins a, actu-
ally behave under similar circumstances In Almost
identical manners; that their characters often
come as close 70 one another &c Is possible for
the characters OF two human beings 20 cone. and
that even where the conditions OF later NE have
been extremely different the original likeness OF
type often persists 20 the very end In spite Of su-
Some OF his stories carefully verfned, are very
tonny. ! viii supplement them by two OF my
own IN one case couple OF twins lmen) had a
quarrel over q perfectly unimportSnt matter. They
came 70 very high wordS and parted rrom one an
other In bad blood ON returning TO their MONS
ns az Or re%at sna od THEM ,1,s
letef % contruon 70 the other TO be delivered by
TIE norntng post AFTER writing &C one brother
quarrel added at once long posi- -crfpt, Justify
ing himself and re-opentng the whole question at
issue: The other brother posted his note AZ once.
regretted his action again. and supplemented &c by
second pallnodia, almost unsaylng what he had
sa,a In the nrst one. ! saw ali three letters my
their absolute sameness Of feeling and expression
Inc other story relates 70 a fact which hap
pened not 70 twins, but TO two successive brothers
extremely IKE one another In build and feature,
ana EVIDENTLY modelled Ia mind and character on
s s seii-same mould. It is only small incident
put as i can vouch for the correctness ~ the
minute details 1t has q certain psycnological in
.erest OF It's own They met a lady dressed In blue
wnoln tney had never seen before at military
ouced 70 her at first sight; each asked the same
olnSsI lof an introdaetion Though they had sew
srai inshds In common presenu: each described
nef IN tne same way, not 'the lady In blue" the
nost obvious poiut OF appearance about her, but
as the lady with the beautiful ears each tell
desperately In love with her ou-hand, aud each
asked her Tor particular flower out OF a little
Souquee containing four or i've more conspicuous
blossoms. Finally each came up at the end OF the
evening 10 confide In the same married lady OF
Their acquaintance their desire u see more OF the
beautiful stranger.
Suu, even twins do distinctly differ in some
lining from one another Howevermuch they may
ivok ake 10 Strangers they are always discrimina-
pie W those who know them well. ana even In early
~ early childhood 10y mothers and nurses. nnp-
pm mayaiways be readily distinguished from Mup-
Rhoy some slight difference OF feature preston
nus Is always tribe latter or thinner than Buz
ms brother; the two dronios and the Two Antipho-
FUSES may deceive the outer public by their close
reSeinolance, but not even Shakespeare himself
can make US believe that MS Antpholus was
really mistaken as TO the personal identity OF her
own husband don't want 10 be too hard on a
lady, but fancy my self She glad OF the excuse
Ior little innocent and easily explicabe Irritation
VIII agreeab HE stranger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
IT, 70 J, THE NORTH. WEST. AND soUrHwEsr.-
DOlB TRACK sPLESDID sCENEkr
in Effect NovEMBRa IA iSs7


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n es's osssD as gar, n \ 10 IN ma dsy
and buffet Car % ST Louis daily, ercsps sssasasS
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and pinins Car. 40 am daily. s."spt sunAsS.
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WAY, And ApEkAN sh'o asb Esss M
TON RAILROAD
For Alexandria 600, Gas. $40. .e47. 10 50 am.
and II 81 pm. On sunday st O 90. D 90, q al,
1857 am, 30, 6.el, . .o5, aid 10 .o5 pm.
TRAN. sns sass Ssss ios
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f:0a g:52 and 1912 pm, and l2.l5 midnivbe
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II % am 100 5:lo 7:o5. o:32, 10 AZ pm,
Tickets sud information ut the ofase northeass cor.
ner Of l3th street and avenue and the
station. where orders be left for the u
baggage Go destination from hotels aud residences
CHAS. L. PUGH, j. r. WOOD,
General Manager. fn14l Gen. Passenger Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17


Quite recently 1t happened that a lady who was
disappointed In the t OF an expensive tailor made
garment took 1t back to the little man who made
it, and rather eloQuentiy berated him for the
errors which were only too patent In the cut. In.
stead of attempting to persuade her to the con.
trary, the unhappy tailor burst into tears, and
throwing himself down On chair, admitted, with
many s0bs, chat It was all wrong. Here was O
cOmical situation. The lady knew not what tC
say, while the little Frenchman, whose skill has
been acknowledged Ia many directions, cried like
Q worn-out woman. He said, with lauch truth and
not a little pathos, that the ladies had become SC
very particular he could no longer please them;
that he had made jackets and dresses ana mis-.
takes for them always but now he could bear NO
more. heart of steel would have melted at this
outburst OF nerves and this lady, who Is fun OF
sympathy, forgot her own grievance in the effort 70
comfort and console him. After an hours hard
work he became somewhat composed, and, IL is
hoped, encouraged for the future, by her friendly
and disinterested advice. She says, however, that
1t win be long time before she RECEIVERS rom the
altogether novel sensation OF apoogizing for what
was not her own fault
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
baltimore AND OHIO RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOVEMBER eo. 1857

LEAVE WASHINGTON FROM STATION. CORNER
For CIV NV '. .,ts NINE aNp sLhtLr
q Pr c,ncinnaa aud St Louis. Exp. daily 80 and
Fer Ptt.bury and Cleveland E,p. daily 10 S. am.
For LeS ington and Local statues. - .sosm.
=, feS anilaaeiph,,s Newsrk, and ~ilminston q SOC
n,srnediaie POINTS ON beisss IA and Pun.
adelphia - 90 am, aud 10 II p.it.
sHd !9ssss1t's 81 8 FRI
40 3D. So aS ss IS Gag % so Tram; ma "a c
90 10: %, s. s. and 1, So cS sn -.
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: ~ station: g SerSroli,.n Branch. 70 30 an
y 10 p.m and IS 80 pm. son SUNDAY stop. 81 al
for asitherSSurg and in,errneaiste points ~ 40 q
For Boyds and intermediate ssataons ~ 90 p.n-
Church trains leave washington on sunday en,, ..
40 2 M. stopping at all stations Metropoiisaa
For FREDERICK. rs 40 am. 1880 pm. 10 .sop
u" For HsaER ST. rs .4oam and rs so nm.
= Trains arrive from chicas9 aaIy, 8 20 m. and
an and 2;25 pm. from Pttsba,s. daily. Z 20 an.
From Ihilsaelphis Chester and wilmington, 10 Is
Am. 2:20, 10 and = 80 . ~ lilly aud II SO pm
Prom sngsrly and hternedists scints nor.S 4 B.-
:, Trains le.ye Bsltimere for Washington q, $40.
500, 10 5S: 900 70 &c 10 IN nd d 80
9l on SUNDAYS. 20, 20, 9 Or 10 90 am. 50
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pennsylvania avenue, ,,,,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17

from tue lu0louapoue SOufuaI
killer has patented new idea, which he is now
working for all there Is In IT, and Will continue to
DO 30 II the newspapers which are unwilling ac-
complices do not take stringent measures to sup
press him. HIS scheme Is TO carefully examine the
each day, and make note OF the young ladies from
distance who are Waiting houses where he has
once, gets permission 20 look Ct the exchanges,
nom which he selects those that suit hts purpose
and secures the consent OF the editor 20 carry them
away. In his leisure minutes he reads them oyer
advertisements and all, and In this way becomes
scQuatnted with the names Of streetA persona and
events happening In the place from which the young
ladies' come. When he makes his call where ahe 8
temporarily stopping he u able 20 produce, By his
previous preparation, o favorable tmpresston 10
talking on matters which have homo interest TO
bis listener, and thus fondly tmag1nes that he has
made Anothor oOuQucok some ulneo No vax1es his
nystam BY getting TIE young lady 70 talk about
Sc bsciss eop9 e Ssf Soss
local paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
A Brides noay s.~ara.


In an old church in Gothiand. IN Sweden, pile
Of lances Is preserved Zach OF the lances Is fitted
TO hold a torch, and 1t h said the weapons were
used at one tine 20 give light and protection 10
marriage parties on the way to church, the cere-
moay taxing place at night - q precsutaon
against the bride being taken away by some Lcch-
invar who claimed . better right 20 her than the
onV recognized sutton. A recent writer, descr1b-
Ing marriage In khuniistan, says he saw young
man carrying on his bride, surrounded by a BODY
guard OF some twenty or thirty men. These men
were supposed TO be protecting the happy couple
OF earth and tarnooos At the procession, and made
show OF rescuing the bride. As soon, however as
the Bridegroom reached his own village with his
charge the asSAilants fan home screaming and
laughing. Among ourselves the term ''best man
Is said to be survival OF the time when the bride
groom had TO get strong hands 20 aid him IN secur.
Ing the object Of his anecti0nA There n probably
also q survival OF the assaults that were then
made on marriage parties IN the showers Of rice
and Old slippers bestowed 20 freely On the aswiy
welded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
Another Trip Across Africa.

08xHtu.
Mr.. Montagu Kerr mas left for Zanzibar 10 UNDER
take q journey OF some venture across Africa.
Mr.. Kerr has already done good work In Africa, In
the Journey which he made, almost singie-handed,
from the Cape to the Zambes and Lake Nyassa,
parity through new country and among some very
troublesome tribes, whom he managed with great
takes entirely at his own charge, Nj, Kerr means
to proceed through Aasailand 70 the north end Of
Victoria Nyanza end thenCe 20 Rmin Paaha1
station ut Wadelat. His further course WIN be 20
s9me extent guided By Kmin Pasha's advice, but
In present Intention = 70 proceed westward TO the
Lake Chad region, whese he hopes to do some good
NiSor and 0sScend that nver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
A Tribute TO the Quiea Girl.

The quiet girl never wears high colors on the
street. You do not see her Haunting in brilliant
plaids when they happen to be the style. When
high hats are sin she does not pile hers so high
that It sweeps the cobwebs from the sky. She
does not wear Oh exaggerated bang when the bang
is In vogue. nor the biggest hustle In town. nor the
longest train TO her tea gown, nor the greatest
number OF bangles when bangles reign. but be.
herself conspicuous In horse cars or at matinees
does not announce her convictions on all occasions
and all subjects, and profess her aimirations at
no ideas, convictions, or enthusiasms; that she
moves along like star In the heavens which
0beys the laws OF graytattOn without selecting its
course or objecting 70 rs orbit It Is the quiet Cir
who makes the best match, who nils the inches
which her more brilliant sisters leave vacant who
manages the servants, runs the sewing machine
remembers the birthdays, listen TO the remints'
OF the old and often keeps the wolf from the
door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17

confess am getting unhappy about the future
OF woman. The Primrose League is doing a great
deal OF harm outside the sphere OF party politics,
Toryism is degrading woman into q sort OF poltti-
Cal sandwich man. new species OF politics has
been created which will venture to call "Molli-
tics.r Every parliamentary candidate (as every
swell-mobsman heietOrore) must now have hts
Mol 10 shipper while he asks for vote, to grin and
wave her handkerchief at the telling points In his
speech, and To be assaulted by the police II the ex-
agencies Of the case render little female battery
expedient. II IL no longer question or politics
with US. The tories began 1t, but now we are all
tarred with the same brush. The radicals can
show jill Cade for every 'dame" on the Otner
side. II Peeptng Toms vote be wanted asLady
Godiva radical or tory. IT does not InatIer is
always prepared TO take the necessary steps TO
"land" him, and Mr.. Tor Lord Godiva, as the case
may be, does not seem TO mind, but quite the con-
trary and, cheerfully sacrificing his own feelings
to party necessities lets down hrs w1es back hair
and holds her clothes during the performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
. An indifferent BrsAegroom.


NARY, AT ANY RATE, HAD ENOUGH or HIS co0LNEss,
AND SAID so.
From the Bedford (Eng.) Citizen.
What Is the whole duty OF a bridegroom when,
after the wedding and the breakfast, he finds him.
self alone with hts bride In empty railway CON-
partment? do not pretend to give An authorta-
tive answer, but imagine that a few terms Of
endearment and possibly an occasional cares
would not be considered quite out OF place. This
seems to have been the opinion Of young lady
who was married At Accrngton the other day 70
Mr.. John Brown. The blushing bride had not
been married before, but she was naturally sur
prfsed and distressed by the proceedings OF her
husband: They had scarcely LEFT Accr1ngton when
Mr.. Brown settled himself In q corner, yawned
once or twice, and fell into deep siumber
II Is possible that Mr.. Brown IN repose is not a
pleasing spectacle. IL is possible that Mrs Brown
was merely hurt by the stolidfty OF his demeahor
under conditions favorable to cheerfulness not to
say enthusiasm. But II Is certain that for one or
both OF these reasons, the maiden slipped quietly
out OF the carriage at the nrst station. leaving
behind her only a slip Of paper attached to Mr..
Browns coat-tail and bearing these words: 'Tired
OF matr1mOny. Had enough OF It. and gone home
to my ma. Mary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
Darvvfn's Religion.

HE THINKS THE EXISTENCE OF A GOD BEYOND MANS
INTELLECT TO DETERMINE.
From the London Times.
Many readers, We have no doubt, Will turn first
OF all to the chapter on Darwin's religion. How
ever interesting the fragments which are here
collected, they tell US OF little We did not know be-
fore. The sum and substance OF IL all is that In
various letters which are forced from Darwin be
declared himself an agnostic: II we may use a
pleonasm, we should say a passive agnostic be-
cause, as Mr.. r. Darwin points out his fathers
those selI-styled agn0stlcS who adopt what we
may call positive negation as their creed par
win himself shrank from speaking on the sub
Ject, thinking rightly that a mans religion
was no ones business but his own. As we
have said, the cnarge probably began during
the Ave years voyage, though he used 20 be
laughed at by the officers for quoting the Bible
Even In the second edition OF the ',Origfn," how
ever, Darwin could yet conscientiously speak OF
Creation In connection with species; between
1896 and 1899 he tells us he came TO see that the
Old Testament was no more TO be trusted than the
sacred books OF the Hindoos. Gradually as he got
older be merged into the position OF the true ag-
noetic--'1t may be, but we cannot know" Here
that, on what he called sthe deepest subject that
can al mans mind" Darwfns position was that
OF the true doubter, whose mind f1uctuated ac-
cording to his mood. In letter OF 1879 he says:
"What my own views may be is a question OF no
consequence to any one but myself. But as you
ask, may state that my judgment often fiuctu-
ates. In my extreme fluctuations have
never been an atheist In the sense of denying the
existence OF q God"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17

From fha Pail Nall 0anstts.
Home light WAs thrown % To ont1oo q . la0ra
maid IN case which was heasd - Wsemiaaees
police court yasterday. IN which Eslfc1a vinesa1
erty ue ln eebrighS q - Lcwnoo seFoek H Z
stated ~ the prosscutxfx Inst tn pgDnR ~
besn discharged Tor inpeft1penca n rsplv = II.
Duttop, who desen0ed, pgoeecntrix ~ d ~.
perfanonk n vas Q ma1d9 duty y puf q ri
in1aerSeg boOta ~. nufkoa: o. o. 6oooa{61 ~
you fecoilect putting - beauty spoes q y0nr n66
N. D6ftna; Am wtss tAaee M vegd1 boCspooi
yOa an1 0ef11onlt eeoauoe 49, potr m a. into
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17

Fhfl8deIph1o NeWB.
The success OF q dinner OF many courses lies
largely IN serving very little OF each course, thus
holding the appetites Of ones guests until the end,
which assures their getting up from the table In
comfortable state OF body, and. therefore, OF mind.
TO do this begin with but three oysters for each
person, rather than the conventional six. II bed
OF cress is made on each plate, and three oysters
ID their shells pretrily disposed among the cress
the other three Will not be missed, ana your guests
win come to the soup with a keener appetite than
they would II they had each mechanically eaten
the half dozen